Wedmore Health & Wellbeing

Isle of Wedmore News – January 2025

A New Year boost for our Health & Wellbeing! By the end of this month every household should have received their own copy of the Wedmore Directory of Health & Wellbeing. This is our guide to all the local organisations and people who can help to boost that feel-good factor in our lives. There is good evidence that striving towards these ‘Five Ways to Wellbeing’ can have definite health benefits too, eg, ‘keeping moving’ can lower the risk of a number of significant diseases, for example, coronary heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, depression and dementia. Details can be found…

Financial Wellbeing

Kathryn Delve, Financial Wellbeing Officer for Westcountry Savings and Loans (a Credit Union supported by Somerset County Council) says: "January can be a difficult month for many people, this week of the year particularly, is when people feel the impact of their Christmas spend. With the current cost of living crisis 2023 will I am sure will have a difficult start for many struggling families. The Financial Wellbeing project in Somerset aims to promote financial awareness in the community, so I have put together a checklist to prompt people to give themselves a financial heath check this January and with information…

R;pple

Axbridge & Wedmore Doctors are promoting this tool which may be of interest to parents and family members or individuals who have suicidal thoughts, and are aware of several schools and colleges in Somerset who are already downloading this tool within their organisations. R;pple are also encouraging other organisations to consider using this tool to protect staff. You can find out more about this at the website here. R;pple Suicide Prevention www.ripplesuicideprevention.com The R;pple tool is available as a Browser Extension or through Wi-Fi/network Integration. Once installed, the tool discreetly monitors queries via search engines, forums and video sharing platforms.…